Table 10.6 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE DETOXIFICATION1 by frequency of use, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 17 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Frequency of use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	17,976	4,041	2,368	6,409	9,482	156	1,929
	Number
No use in the past month	118	39	30	69	39	5	5
1-3 times in the past month	108	42	23	65	35	1	7
1-2 times per week	135	62	15	77	42	- -	16
3-6 times per week	2,170	517	125	642	1,339	8	181
Daily	15,410	3,368	2,168	5,536	8,016	142	1,716
No. of discharges	17,941	4,028	2,361	6,389	9,471	156	1,925
	Column percent
No use in the past month	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.4	3.2	0.3
1-3 times in the past month	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.4
1-2 times per week	0.8	1.5	0.6	1.2	0.4	- -	0.8
3-6 times per week	12.1	12.8	5.3	10.0	14.1	5.1	9.4
Daily	85.9	83.6	91.8	86.6	84.6	91.0	89.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
No use in the past month	100.0	33.1	25.4	58.5	33.1	4.2	4.2
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	38.9	21.3	60.2	32.4	0.9	6.5
1-2 times per week	100.0	45.9	11.1	57.0	31.1	- -	11.9
3-6 times per week	100.0	23.8	5.8	29.6	61.7	0.4	8.3
Daily	100.0	21.9	14.1	35.9	52.0	0.9	11.1
Total	100.0	22.5	13.2	35.6	52.8	0.9	10.7
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	14	20	10		14	10	7
1-3 times in the past month	15	7	14		15	113	19
1-2 times per week	11	9	13		11	- -	16
3-6 times per week	16	20	12		13	41	17
Daily	16	20	15		13	73	18
Total	16	20	15		13	69	18
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	72	104	60		64	28	9
1-3 times in the past month	54	21	127		50	113	21
1-2 times per week	31	15	58		31	- -	69
3-6 times per week	26	25	76		21	94	23
Daily	39	36	53		36	112	32
Total	37	35	55		34	109	32
1 Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 15,960; 89 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 1,797; 10 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 219; 1 percent).
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.